International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
Shameem Kaoser and Bheemappa A

abstract
The present study was conducted in Dharwad and Belgavi districts of Karnataka state during 2021-22. The adoption level of farmers about natural farming practices was studied by employing “Ex-post facto” research design and by using simple random sampling technique in Dharwad and Belgavi districts constituting a total sample size of 120 farmers. It was observed that 39.17 percent of farmers were noticed in low adoption level of natural farming practices, followed by 30.83 percent in medium adoption category and 30.00 percent of farmers in high adoption category. Large majority (96.67%) of natural farming practicing farmers maintained indigenous desi cow. The large majority of farmers (99.17%) adopted jeevamrutha application and ghanajeevamrutha application was observed to be adopted by 43.33 percent farmers. Regarding adoption of weed management practices, cent percent of the farmers followed hand weeding and intercultivation practices. Regarding pest and disease management, majority of the farmers adopted sour butter milk (75.00%), neemastra (62.50%), dashaparni (36.67%), agniastra (27.50%), brahmastra (18.33%) and shunti astra (8.33%). It was observed that only 30.00 percent of the farmers adopted intercropping of crop-tree association followed by 24.17 percent were practicing intercropping of monocots and dicots.